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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

St. Helens

Of 1,029 homes advertised to rent in St. Helens in the six months to 31 October 2026, 10 (1%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 889 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 35 would return 7% gross or more a year if let at the LHA.

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By size · the six months to 31 October 2026

Each size against its own LHA rate.

Size Homes to rent Within the LHA Gap at the 30th percentile For sale Work at 7%
1 bed and studios1500 (0%)£175192
2 bed4985 (1%)£22522928
3 bed3405 (1.5%)£3004335
4 bed410 (0%)£5002080
All sizes1,02910 (1%)£22588935

A dash means too few homes to give a figure (a share needs 10 judged homes, a gap 20); the count is still shown. Studios are read as one bedroom; homes of five bedrooms or more are not read, as the LHA has no rate for them. 2 homes were counted but not judged because their rental market area or rate was not known.

The trend · June 2024 to October 2026

Month by month, as published.

Each point is one completed month, read over the six months before it. A month's figures are published once and never changed.

Share of homes advertised to rent within the LHA, all sizes
0%10%Jun 24: 1.6%Jul 24: 1.3%Aug 24: 1.4%Sep 24: 1.4%Oct 24: 1.6%Nov 24: 1.4%Dec 24: 1.7%Jan 25: 1.8%Feb 25: 2.2%Mar 25: 2%Apr 25: 2%May 25: 2.2%Jun 25: 1.6%Jul 25: 1.8%Aug 25: 1.8%Sep 25: 2.2%Oct 25: 1.8%Nov 25: 1.5%Dec 25: 1.6%Jan 26: 1.7%Feb 26: 1.2%Mar 26: 0.6%Apr 26: 0.7%May 26: 0.7%Jun 26: 0.5%Jul 26: 0.8%Aug 26: 0.9%Sep 26: 1%Oct 26: 1%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
076Jun 24: 66Jul 24: 74Aug 24: 70Sep 24: 72Oct 24: 76Nov 24: 57Dec 24: 50Jan 25: 50Feb 25: 45Mar 25: 45Apr 25: 43May 25: 52Jun 25: 48Jul 25: 46Aug 25: 42Sep 25: 45Oct 25: 44Nov 25: 40Dec 25: 34Jan 26: 34Feb 26: 48Mar 26: 47Apr 26: 48May 26: 51Jun 26: 52Jul 26: 48Aug 26: 38Sep 26: 40Oct 26: 35Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,0291%£225£30088935
September 20269311%£225£27584640
August 20269180.9%£225£28286738
July 20269800.8%£225£27694148
June 20269430.5%£225£27694852
May 20268920.7%£225£30092151
April 20268620.7%£225£29992548
March 20268540.6%£225£29883247
February 20268501.2%£225£27578148
January 20267811.7%£213£27553634
December 20257541.6%£205£27556134
November 20258031.5%£203£27356940
October 20258341.8%£205£27562744
September 20257652.2%£210£27565045
August 20257711.8%£204£27061342
July 20257401.8%£200£25769946
June 20257341.6%£200£25070948
May 20256922.2%£200£24070952
April 20256902%£175£22554143
March 20257342%£175£25054545
February 20257222.2%£175£25561345
January 20257611.8%£175£25071050
December 20247691.7%£175£25074450
November 20247791.4%£175£22581457
October 20247561.6%£175£2251,18576
September 20247201.4%£175£2251,18772
August 20247121.4%£175£2251,15970
July 20246721.3%£170£2251,15674
June 20246861.6%£170£2081,11866
Reading the figures

What these numbers are, and are not.

  • Advertised, not agreed. Asking rents and asking prices as the portals showed them. Rents finally agreed usually sit below advertised rents, so the true gap is likely to be smaller; prices paid sit below asking, so slightly more homes may work.
  • Each home against its own rate. The LHA for the home's size in its own broad rental market area, in force at the month's end. Where St. Helens spans more than one area, each home is read against the right one.
  • A screen, not a return. "Work at 7%" is twelve months at the LHA divided by the asking price, before service charges, voids, repairs or purchase costs. It says which homes are worth looking at, not what they would earn.
  • Counted, never modelled. No figure on this page is estimated or produced by AI. The full method, the floors below which a figure is withheld, and the sources are on the index page.

Cite as: Viiyoo, Where the LHA reaches: St. Helens, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/st-helens. If St. Helens holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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St. Helens's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 35 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in St. Helens that would work at LHA rents. A Viiyoo buying plan names them, costs each one after grant, checks its lease, flood risk and licensing, and comes back as a pack a cabinet can follow. The first brief is free, for up to 25 homes.

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